Fugitive ringleader of NYC migrant moped gang caught after 3 months on the run – because of helmet violation: sources

The fugitive ringleader of an interstate migrant moped gang that wreaked havoc in the Big Apple was busted by NYPD cops in the Bronx after three months on the lam, The Post has learned.

Victor Parra, 30, a bigwig in the ruthless crew that peddled stolen goods from the five boroughs to cohorts in Florida and to contacts in South America, was nabbed riding a moped without a helmet last week and is now in custody, law enforcement sources said Monday.

The scooter had Texas plates, according to the sources.

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Victor Parra, 30, was the alleged co-ringleader of a migrant moped gang that terrorized the city. He was on the run for three months until cops picked him up in the Bronx last week.
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Police said a migrant moped gang terrorized the five boroughs last year, staging gunpoint robberies and sending the proceeds to cohorts in Florida. U.S. Department of Justice

Parra and Franco Alexander Peraza Navas, who was picked up by New York’s Finest in February, allegedly ran the operation from a Bronx apartment until investigators broke up the ring.

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